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ACRL-Mississippi Chapter Luncheon and Business Meeting at the 2009 MLA Conference
The annual luncheon of the Mississippi Chapter of the ACRL will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2009 from 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm at the Mississippi Library Association Conference on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. The theme of this year's luncheon will be "Sustainable and Green @ Your Library." At the luncheon, Frederick Stoss, an associate librarian from the University at Buffalo, SUNY will discuss what libraries and librarians can do to help individuals, organizations, communities (including college and university communities), and other stakeholders live sustainably where we live, work, and play - a greenhouse gas-constrained world. Immediately after the luncheon, there will be an ACRL-Mississippi Chapter business meeting.
ACRL Announces New Publications
The ACRL announced the publication of some new books. The book primarily highlighted is the book titled
Working Together: Collaborative Information Practices for Organizational Learning. The author of this book is Mary M. Somerville. "Working Together" presents a framework for comprehensive redesign of library organizations. Other books featured in the announcement included
Changing Academic Library: Operations, Cultures, Environments: Publications in Librarianship by John M. Budd and the following two books by Melanie Hawks:
Influencing Without Authority and
Life-Work Balance. More information about these and other publications is available at the ALA Store Web site at
www.alastore.ala.org.
E-Learning Opportunities from ACRL
Instructional Design for Online Teaching and Learning (Online Seminar: October 5 - 31, 2009) In this hands-on course the intellectual focus will be on using good instructional design and Web page design principles. Other topics will include Web-based teaching techniques and the Moodle LMS.
Copyright and the Library Part 1: The Basics Including the DMCA (Online Seminar: October 5 - 23, 2009) This course will focus on copyright law, creating a "copyright palette" for participants' libaries, and legal risks in regard to copyright law. The Fair Use clause of the copyright law will also be discussed.
Next Generation Information Commons: Retooling and Refining the Vision (Live Webcast: October 13, 2009) Throught the use of principles and practical examples, participants will learn about trends in information and learning commons.
The Role of the Librarian in Combating Student Plagiarism (Live Webcast: October 20, 2009) This Webcast examines strategies libraries and libarians can implement to reduce plagiarism on campus.
For complete details regarding the above listed online seminars and live Webcasts, visit the ACRL e-Learning Web site. For more information about ACRL e-Learning opportunities, contact ACRL Web Services Manager Jon Stahler at jstahler@ala.org.
ACRL Immersion '10 Program
ACRL is accepting applications for its Immersion '10 Program. Complete program details and application materials are online at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/infolit/professactivity/iil/immersion/immersion10.cfm. The application deadline is December 11, 2009.
The ACRL Immersion '10 Program provides four and a half days on intensive information literacy training and education for academic librarians. Applications are being accepted for Immersion '10 Teacher and Program tracks, to be held at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, July 25-30, 2010. For more information about the Teacher and Program track curriculum and learning outcomes, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/infolit/professactivity/iil/immersion/immersion10.cfm.
Acceptance to Immersion '10 is competitive to ensure an environment that fosters group interaction and active participation. The application deadline is December 11, 2009, and notifications will be issued in February 2010.
Questions concerning the program or application process should be directed to Margot Conahan at (312) 280-2522, or email mconahan@ala.org.
2009 Women's Leadership Institute
ACRL is partnering with seven higher education associations to offer the 2009 Women's Leadership Institute, to be held from December 6 - 9, 2009 in Amelia Island, Florida. The early-bird registration deadline for the institute is September 18. Complete program details, cosponsors and a link to registration materials are available at
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/womensleadership.cfm.
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